PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
by Monique Gregory (Translator), Sabrina Janczak (Translator), Eric Herman (Author)
2 books in 1: Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom + Speed Readings for French Learners. The stories in the 2nd edition have been revised by a French native speaker and the 300-word checklist has been updated to reflect the highest frequency 300 words in French. The proficiency guide presents the terminology of communicative language teaching and testing, including a critical review of the proficiency guidelines from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Improved testing methods and practical tasks are recommended. In addition, there are thirty 400-word stories (which get progressively harder) written within the highest frequency 300 words of the language. Each story has a 10-question multiple-choice quiz. One potential use of the stories and quizzes is to test fluency, as well as to develop fluency in a fluency reading course. Therefore, the researched benefits of such a course are reviewed. This book is intended to support teachers of a story-based approach to test how they teach, and can help any communicative language teacher to use stories as the basis of a variety of communicative tasks.
